PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Black & Decker Corporation, its parent and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies (collectively and alternatively, “Porter-Cable” or the “Black & Decker family”), own, operate and/or control a global network of websites and web pages, including www.portercable.com (collectively the “Sites”). These Sites are provided to visitors and users of the Sites (collectively, “You” or “Your”) subject to the terms set forth in, and Your use of any of the Sites constitutes Your acceptance and agreement to this Privacy Statement and any other Terms of Use governing the Sites.
Porter-Cable values its relationship with visitors and customers and uses commercially available technology to safeguard any personal information collected through the Sites. Nevertheless, the internet is an open medium and no data transmission through the internet is completely secure. You transmit Your personal information at Your own risk. Porter-Cable does not guaranty or warranty the security of information You transmit. Once received, Your personal information is stored in the United States. Porter-Cable takes various precautions to safeguard Your personal information against loss, theft and misuse as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. For example, the Sites use Secure Sockets layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where sensitive personal information is collected. It is Your responsibility to preserve the confidentiality of and not share Your user ID and password. You are responsible for the actions of each individual to whom You have given access through Your user ID and password and/or for those who obtain access as a result of Your failure to properly secure Your user ID and password.
Information Collected: In general, You may visit the Sites without telling Porter-Cable who You are or revealing personal information about Yourself. Porter-Cable, its business partners and other companies providing services to or on behalf of Porter-Cable (such as, for example, companies assisting with the operation or features of the Sites, advertising and promotional campaigns, surveys, contests and the like) may use various technologies (such as cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, click-through URL links) to collect non-personally identifiable information discernable as a result of Your visit. This may include, without limitation, Your IP address, web pages requested or viewed, date, time and domain type, demographic information and responses to surveys, promotions and advertisements. Information gleaned from Your browser is automatically received and recorded on server logs. As technology evolves, information may be gathered through other means as well. You may set Your browser either to notify You when You receive a cookie or to refuse to accept cookies. However, if You do so You may not be able to participate in certain of the Sites’ features.
Information that personally identifies You, such as Your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number as well as demographic data specific to You may also be collected from a variety of sources. You may provide personally identifiable information directly, it may be gleaned through the Sites or collected from other sources. For example, when You sign up to receive Porter-Cable product, event and other information, register Your Porter-Cable product through the Sites or set up an account on the Sites, You create a personal profile – providing Your name, telephone number, email address and in some cases Your mailing address or sensitive information such as credit card information – and choose a password for security. The Sites save Your information so that the next time You place an order or register a product, You only need to enter Your unique ID and password. You cannot communicate with Porter-Cable through various service or customer support links, telephone numbers on the Sites or via e-mail without providing personally identifiable information. If You contact Porter-Cable or its service providers, a record of that session or correspondence will be maintained. Personally identifiable information is collected and stored when You register product warranties, order parts, check repair status, become a member of the Sites, participate in owner’s clubs, public forums and other blogs, chat rooms, news groups or bulletin boards, request literature and/or product information. If You use a bulletin board, chat room or other interactive public areas of any of the Sites, any information You share is visible to other users. Personally identifiable information You submit to one of these forums can be read, collected or used by other individuals to send You unsolicited messages. Porter-Cable is not responsible for personally identifiable information You choose to submit in these forums. If You do choose to make otherwise non-public information available by enabling certain user features, Porter-Cable will collect that information from Your interaction and the information will become publicly available.
Information Use/Sharing: Porter-Cable will not trade, sell or share Your personal information with third party marketers without Your consent unless required by law or other than as disclosed to You in these Terms of Use or when the information is collected. Except as limited by these Terms of Use, Porter-Cable may use any information gained through the Sites for any legal purpose. If You access the Sites outside the United States, Your connection is through and to servers located in the United States. Any personal information You provide will be processed and maintained in the United States on Porter-Cable’s Sites’ servers and/or other network systems operated by or for Porter-Cable’s benefit. If You access the Sites and/or reside outside of the United States, Your information may be stored, transmitted and shared in accordance with U.S. data privacy laws which may not be equivalent to those in effect in Your country. Porter-Cable uses personal information You provide in a number of ways. When You register, You create a member profile that enables You to choose to interact with Porter-Cable in a variety of ways, including receiving emails and text messages. You may, at any time, limit Your interactions, for example, by updating Your member profile to stop receiving literature or other communications from Porter-Cable. Please note that You may continue to receive messages for a short time until Porter-Cable’s records are updated. Personal information is required to register Your product warranty, fulfill Your requests for products, literature or other information, to provide product support, product research, answer questions, correct problems with the Sites, to notify You of new or improved products or product uses, to enlist Your participation in email campaigns, surveys, promotions, sweepstakes or contests. It may be required or helpful to customize Licensed Content, improve customer support services, conduct research, advertising, marketing and promotional campaigns, or to provide anonymous reporting for internal use and to third parties. Information collected from any source may be combined to improve products and services and enable more targeted, tailored communications. Your information may be used for administrative and other purposes deemed necessary to maintain, service and improve the Sites, Porter-Cable products and services. It may also be aggregated and made available without identifying You to ascertain trends, products, security/privacy patterns and research, internal record keeping and reporting, measuring and reporting learning, performance and other statistical information concerning any aspect of the Sites.
Many companies within the Black & Decker family manufacture and sell consumer and commercial products. Unless not permitted by law, all companies within the Black & Decker family, including its world-wide affiliates, share information collected through the Sites and may contact You directly. Porter-Cable may also share Your information with businesses that offer products that it believes may be of interest to You as well as those providing services to Porter-Cable. These businesses may then contact You directly with product or sample offers, personalized offers and information or to ask for Your feedback on products and programs.
If Porter-Cable or its parent company were to merge with or be acquired by another company or if it were to cease operations, Your information may be transferred to the surviving or acquiring company and will then be subject to that company’s privacy policy which may be different from that of Porter-Cable. Porter-Cable may disclose or access Your personal or account information if it reasonably believes in good faith that disclosure is required by law, necessary to identify or contact You or bring legal action to enforce any legal rights, including against You or a third party, for nonpayment, violation of any agreement, and to prevent injury to or interference with Porter-Cable’s rights or property, the rights or property of users of other Sites or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. By accessing and using the Sites, You agree that information You have provided may be used and disclosed as described above or as these Terms of Use may be modified from time to time.
To Update Your Information/Unsubscribe: You have choices as to how Porter-Cable will communicate with You. The Sites allow You to update Your information and Your preferences. For example, You may choose to receive, or stop receiving promotional email, postal or other communications from Porter-Cable, and/or others with whom it shares information. Please click here to learn how to complete Your request.
Notice to California residents about Your California privacy rights: In addition to the other rights described in this policy, if You are a customer residing in California, You have the right to request information regarding the third parties with whom Porter-Cable has shared customer personal information for direct marketing purposes during the past year. You have the right to submit a request to Porter-Cable at its designated address and receive the following information within 30 days of its receipt of that request: (1) the types of personal information disclosed to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year, (2) the names and addresses of third parties that received the personal information, and (3) if the nature of a third party’s business cannot be reasonably determined from the third party’s name, examples of its products or services. You are entitled to receive a copy of this information in a standardized format. Information provided will not be specific to You individually. All such requests must be in writing and sent to Porter-Cable at:
The Black & Decker Corporation
701 East Joppa Road
Towson, MD 21286
Attn: Porter-Cable Webmaster
